Hayes talks about his own experience of becoming famous enough to be recognized and becoming a little addicted to that attention. He explains how companies have learned to manipulate natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News While researching his new book on attention, author Johann Hari met with one of the world’s leading ...

How critical ignoring helps you stay calm, sane, and better informed. Some days it feels like the internet is a giant megaphone pressed up against our ears. News alerts, social‑media arguments, “hot ...

As I stare at the blank Google Doc in front of me, the familiar “ping” of my email inbox sounds. Better check that, might be important (it isn’t). While I’m distracted, maybe I should scan Slack for ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dilan Gomih is a well-being expert focused on workplace performance. Feeling increasingly distracted? New data suggests it’s not ...

A few weeks ago, I had one of those moments. I was sitting with my son in our family room. It was kind of a quiet evening that should have felt connected and peaceful. Instead, my phone sat face-up on ...

In this interview, the MSNBC host discusses Trump’s mastery of our age of attention, and his new book, The Sirens’ Call. Chris Hayes was The Nation’s Washington editor from 2007 to 2011. He started ...

HARI SREENIVASAN: Christiane, thanks. Chris Hayes, thanks so much for being here. Your recent book here, it’s called “The Sirens Call.” It is “How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource ...

The knowledge economy is giving way to the attention allocation economy, where your managerial skills for deciding what to give your attention will determine your success. Here are five strategies to ...